Sensors for Industrial Applications

Sensors are widely used is the industry sector. Many industrial applications hold rubber components or components made from other polymer materials. These are often sensible to catastrophic failure or potentially critical to the performance of the application. Therefore, it can be very beneficial to be able to monitor performance drops or structural failures in these components.

Historically, this has been challenging because polymer components often have complex shapes or are assembled in places that are difficult to access with a typical sensor. Current sensor technologies are often too expensive or are impractical to manufacture.

Stretch Sensors and Strain Gauges from ElastiSense Sensor Technology are recognised by their ability to be embedded onto/into other elastic and deformable materials, such as rubber or other polymer materials, for monitoring movement. The sensors can be embedded into the application, or even sewed, glued or clamped onto the application. Their high elasticity and mechanical robustness make them ideal for all sorts of rubber components.